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Is This Verdigris, Should I Dip In Acetone?

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 Posted 01/21/2015  9:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SsuperDdave to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Verdigris isn't always dry, and PVC plasticizer reactions tend to be milky rather than green on copper. So by all means get it into acetone to start - every coin, always, in my opinion - but expect it to warrant more specific attention to arrest the verdigris. If it's just PVC, by the time it looks like this there's metal missing underneath and although it's anecdotal I've yet to see a copper coin that badly eaten by it. The stuff likes the taste of silver better.
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One of the things I'm trying to figure out is what to do with my collection that I've socked away in my safety deposit box since 1979. I've been going through it this week, for the first time since then. I certainly never dipped the coins back then in acetone or anything else. Is that the kind of thing I should do now? I'm loathe to touch them at all, lest I mess them up.
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At this distance in time, I think any chemical problems you might have had with your storage methods would have shown itself. You should be fine.
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